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Combo pictures, clockwise from top left: Jaber Mohammadin in civilian attire and in Palestinian Islamic Jihad uniform; Ahmad Adel Abu al-Hilal in hospital scrubs and in Palestinian Islamic Jihad uniform; Abd al-Latif Abu Tuaima in civilian attire and in Palestinian Islamic Jihad uniform; and Salem Jumaa Shirab in civilian attire and in Palestinian Islamic Jihad uniform. (Pictures from Palestinian Islamic Jihad social media, Facebook, social media; Used in accordance with clause 27a of the copyright law)
July 27, 2026, 8:03 pm
Gaza death notices show some so-called health workers were operating for terror groups
Times of Israel review of Hamas and Islamic Jihad announcements finds that at least 18 of those identified as doctors, nurses and hospital employees in Gaza were also combatants
By Nurit Yohanan
People injured in a Hezbollah missile strike on Kiryat Shmona arrive at Ziv Medical Center in Safed, northern Israel, March 23, 2026. (David Cohen/Flash90)
June 18, 2026, 6:53 pm
Three Hezbollah terrorists treated at northern Israel hospital, sources say
Operatives kept bound and blindfolded under IDF guard at Ziv Medical Center, ToI told; IDF and hospital don’t deny details, say all patients given care as required by law
By Nava Freiberg
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg participates in a discussion at the Georgetown University Law Center in Washington, DC, Feb. 10, 2020. (Sarah Silbiger/Getty Images via JTA)
November 7, 2024, 11:43 pm
Healthcare worker who stole RBG’s medical records before she died gets 2 years in jail
Prosecutors say Nebraska man posted sensitive info about former US Supreme Court justice on forums that trafficked in antisemitic conspiracy theories, though motivations not clear
By Matthew Barakat
Medical students at Baruch Padeh (Poriya) Medical Center in Tiberias try OtheReality VR sets. (Courtesy)
May 28, 2024, 8:09 am
Virtual reality app lets medical staff get a patient’s-eye view
Israeli start-up OtheReality allows doctors to revisit difficult scenarios and recharge their empathy tanks to reduce patient discomfort and dissatisfaction
By Renee Ghert-Zand
An illustrative photo of health workers. (istock photo/ nanostockk)
October 27, 2023, 2:18 pm
Global health workers sign pro-ceasefire letter; clause to free Gaza hostages was cut
A missive signed by 2,700 set to be published in The Lancet had text about kidnapped civilians removed after signatories complained
By Andrew Lapin
A Clalit clinic in Herzliya. (Laliv g, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons)
August 27, 2023, 6:48 pm
Clalit Health Services teams with private security outfit to protect medical staff
With 1,000 violent incidents in its clinics so far this year, Israel’s largest HMO looks for solutions to protect its workers from attacks by patients and their families
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Former Vice President Joe Biden and Senator Kamala Harris speak on September 12, 2020, in Houston, Texas (Robyn Beck / AFP)
December 11, 2020, 11:27 am
Biden and Harris named Time ‘Person of the Year’
Duo beat out Trump ‘for showing forces of empathy are greater than furies of division’; Anthony Fauci and healthcare workers named ‘Guardians of the Year’
By Peter HUTCHISON
Nurses from Hadassah Medical Center protest in Jerusalem on July 20, 2020. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
July 20, 2020, 8:34 am
Nurses launch general strike in protest of staff shortages, after talks fail
Hospitals and health clinics nationwide to offer reduced services, with exceptions in urgent cases and responses to coronavirus
By ToI Staff
Nurses protest against their work conditions outside the Health Ministry in Jerusalem July 22, 2019. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
July 19, 2020, 2:12 pm
Nurses to strike Monday over staff shortages after treasury talks break down
With 813 nurses quarantined, union says personnel crisis was bad even before the pandemic; social workers continue labor dispute with protests across the country
By ToI Staff
Nurses at the Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital in Jerusalem, February 19, 2014. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
July 13, 2020, 10:37 am
As virus cases surge, nurses threaten general strike over strain, lack of staff
More than 750 nurses in quarantine; need for personnel is rising as coronavirus wards reopen in pandemic’s second wave
By ToI Staff
Ellie Balouka is bringing in 'simple and delicious' meals, like this chicken salad sandwich, that don’t require reheating. (Courtesy of Balouka/ via JTA)
April 29, 2020, 10:41 pm
Paris chef provides free gourmet kosher meals to Jewish doctors and nurses
Learning that non-kosher restaurants were delivering free food but observant healthcare workers couldn’t eat it, caterer Ellie Balouka steps up to even the score
By Josefin Dolsten
Dr. Ram Roth with other physicians on shift at Mt. Sinai Hospital, Queens. (Courtesy Dr. Ram Roth)
April 28, 2020, 11:47 pm
An endless hurricane: Study probes mental toll as medical staff battle COVID-19
ToI speaks with doctors on the frontlines who, after witnessing unprecedented horrors, must isolate from families. Duke University researchers seek to ease their unavoidable trauma
By Cathryn J. Prince
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